English Honours - Othello VIC - Sheet1

Question 1

prattle

Answer 1

talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.

Question 2

obsequious

Answer 2

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Question 3

servitor

Answer 3

servant

Question 4

insolent

Answer 4

showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Question 5

wills

Answer 5

desires

Question 6

promulgate

Answer 6

promote or make widely known (an idea or cause)

Question 7

timorous

Answer 7

showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence

Question 8

epithet

Answer 8

an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned

Question 9

sate

Answer 9

satisfy a desire to the full

Question 10

reverend

Answer 10

used as a title for a member of a clergy

Question 11

bereft

Answer 11

deprived of or lacking (something); (of a person) sad and lonely, especially through someone’s death or departure

Question 12

nuptial

Answer 12

relating to marriage or weddings

Question 13

ensnare

Answer 13

catch in or as a trap

Question 14

peradventure

Answer 14

perhaps

Question 15

cudgel

Answer 15

a short, thick stick used as a weapon

Question 16

conscionable

Answer 16

guided by conscience

Question 17

censure

Answer 17

the expression of formal disapproval

Question 18

disclose

Answer 18

make a secret known

Question 19

tainting

Answer 19

disparaging, mocking

Question 20

choler

Answer 20

anger or irascibility

Question 21

discern

Answer 21

perceive or recognize

Question 22

vehement

Answer 22

showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense

Question 23

leets

Answer 23

a yearly or half-yearly court of record that the lords of certain manors held

Question 24

reconciliation

Answer 24

the action of making one belief compatible with another

Question 25

perdition

Answer 25

refers to hell, and especially the religious idea of eternal damnation

Question 26

boon

Answer 26

favor

Question 27

chide

Answer 27

scold or rebuke

Question 28

remorse

Answer 28

deep regret or guilt

Question 29

bounteous

Answer 29

Generously given or giving

Question 30

amiable

Answer 30

having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner

Question 31

vice

Answer 31

immoral or wicked behavior

Question 32

plenteous

Answer 32

existing in or yielding great quantities; plentiful

Question 33

cozening

Answer 33

Trick or decisive.

Question 34

perdition

Answer 34

Loss or ruin

Question 35

expostulate

Answer 35

Express strong disapproval or disagreement

Question 36

pernicious

Answer 36

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

Question 37

amorous

Answer 37

Strongly moved by love

Question 38

notorious

Answer 38

Generally known or talked of.

Question 39

alabaster

Answer 39

a fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, typically white, often carved into ornaments.

Question 40

alteration

Answer 40

The action or process of changing

Question 41

reprobate

Answer 41

an unprincipled or wicked person

Question 42

portent

Answer 42

omen

Question 43

recognizance

Answer 43

a bond by which a person undertakes before a court or magistrate to observe some condition, especially to appear when summoned

Question 44

Dramatic irony

Answer 44

occurs when the discrepancy is between what the character on stage understands/says and what the audience understands (with poetry, occurs when the discrepancy is between what the speaker of the poem says and what the reader understands)

Question 45

Verbal Irony

Answer 45

occurs when there is a discrepancy between the words said and what is meant

Question 46

Situational Irony

Answer 46

occurs when a discrepancy exists between actual circumstances and those that would seem appropriate or are expected